Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-04-25
Y, NJ. c. A.
The Rock Island Branch Three
Years Old.
The Anniversary Exercises at Har-
per's Theatre Last Eyening---Ad-
DRESSES by Rev. Dean Of Monmouth.
and General Secretary Hatch. of
Kansas city.

vices on the Sunday evening nearest the
anniversary date AT Harper's theatre
last evening The third anniversary was
celebrated The majority of the city
churches dispensed with the evening ser>
vices. and pastors and people joined in
the religious jubilee at the theatre There
was large audience present, and Mr. Z
b. Nc Kown. president of the local Y.
NJ. G A. presided
The exercises opened with music by
The choral union of fifty voices, under
the leadership of Prof G. r. Housed.
| followed by scripture reading by Mr.. N
w. Hoodford, secretary of the Moline
branch. Rev. J H Wright. of the
Christian chapel, offered PRAYER, and
President McKown made a few appro-
pirate remarks, bearing upon the local
society, its growth and influence, and
work tof good accomplished.
INV a IL hoa"' P"o''i Vi 'h' NO
byterlan church OF Monmouth, was then
introduced. He spoke of the Y. NJ. C.
A. as an organization OF great useiul~
ness and power aud said the society was
not an experiment, but permanent fix
| turc, It had Come to stay lie recognized
It as among ne leading CHRISTIAN
agencies, and d"clt at length upon
me ASSOCIATION, It's origin IN
London many years ago ana It's spread
I" all quarters al the clFiiIzed "otIo
lie sN''ched 'he SPlfitual needs OF the
young men 81 Today atIuhlng TO lhe
multiplication OF temptations ana stat
ing that there was more need no" ior
such agencies as The \ NJ Z. A than
there mao ever been before. lie called
attention TO 'he great army oil young men
IN America estimating the number at
one h'ii hliIii"h' asserting Ihal only ,
| per cent. were OF the protestant
churches, and spoke ct the great power
OF such an army Tor good or Tor EVIL.
lie spoke OF the present methods OF
| punishment OF "ickedness aud vlce-the
young men III prisons, and supported
with earntstness Mai McClaughrey S
idea that states should allow wardens OF
Penitentiarles to provide places for young
| men by themselves, that they might be
separated from, instead OF thrown IN
contact with hardened criminals. where
chances of adopting retormatory meas
uIcs were almost impossible The
PARAMOUNT OBJECT
of the Y NJ {. A. WAS spiritual infu>
ehc1. In me DAYS 81 'he ASSOCIATION IN
fancy the W"ik "i lie general secretary
had been purely voluntary, now the
"lhc,r was generally employed and re-
munerA'ed' showing The growth and ex'
tent 81 Tue association lie spoke oil
inc f'itU'hS VI Tue l NJ. I. A I" tht
church. The NJ. T. A WAS ID Itself
church 'i work among Young men.
A Hatch general secretary OF the
Kansas C'tN l. VI Z A.was Then INTRO
dH'rA lie sal" the Tour great questions
OF Today were labor, tarl1, baud
and wee, His remarks were devoted t.
| 10 NJ. q h.. Ar IT,.
Y NJ. { A. was now nj the zenith of its
power, He alluded TO the present rs tn,
electric age, 10 which voting men had
one hundred fold more temptations than
in oldcn times. The great breaks in Il
young mans life were aimlessness, un>
faith and a wrong view of success
Governments he stated, legislatet
against The Young men. IN paying no at
tenlion to them, except when they break
the laws, lie entered pie;
for preventative agencies and poll
cics as more Instrumental in the pro
motion Of good and the putting down o
evil rhgn the after penalty The Y. NJ
r ,oad,. ,.,,,,n,, o,o, ,,rau,r ,h,s;
'aliS Us we" 'S 9"c'SHS' he 'ehture'
the assertion That there were seventy
five places Of
VICE IN ROCK ISLAND
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&. A. purposes He closed his addres